Saturday, February 11, 2023
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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Rio Grande (1950)
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A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
Classic
John Ford western Features in best manner many its director's hallmark
features: a meandering plot, rollicking scenes alternating with solemn
songs and lively action and all in beautiful blacl-and-white
cinematography.
Halliwell*: "Thin Ford Western on his favourite theme, with too many pauses for song, too many studio sets, and too little plot. Aficiandos, however, will find much to admire."
Maltin***: "The last of director Ford's Cavalry trilogy..., and the most underrated: a vivid look at the gentlemanly spirit of the Cavalry during post-Civil Ward days...Beautifully shot by Bert Glennon and Archie Stout..."
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Monday, February 6, 2023
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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
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Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica,
looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters
living there.
Typical for Werner Herzog, this exploration of a forbiddingly
uninhabitable and strange continent is idiosyncratic and intense and
offers insights no other director would achieve.
On re-watching: Always a fascinating watch, among Herzog's best documentaries.
Maltin***1/2: "This right-brain travelogue feeds the mind, the eye, and
the mind's eye. Wryly, sometimes impatiently, narrated by the director,
who dedicates the film to Roger Ebert."
Sunday, February 5, 2023
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